UW has six home football games scheduled this season – Indiana on Sept. 4, Southern Illinois on Sept. 12, Appalachian State on Sept. 19, Minnesota on Oct. 10, Illinois on Oct. 31 and Nebraska on Nov. 21.

The Badgers also are scheduled to face Notre Dame on Oct. 3 at Lambeau Field.

The 2020-21 athletic department budget includes a projected $25.3 million in football ticket sales, although the budget was approved by the UW athletic board in February, before the pandemic effectively shut down all organized sports.

That number is dwarfed by the $42.463 million UW expects to receive in 2020-21 from Big Ten media rights. UW also projects to receive $6.155 million from Big Ten bowl distributions.

Like many programs, UW missed spring practice because of the pandemic. UW coaches should learn soon if players will be allowed back on campus in June. The Big Ten has suspended all organized team activities through June 1, but league officials are expected to re-evaluate that suspension soon.

The original suspension, implemented on March 13, was set to run through April 6. It was then extended to May 4 and finally to June 1.

Ohio State’s football facility opened this week for limited use by 25 coaches and staff members, and players are expected to begin voluntary workouts June 8. Indiana expects its athletes to begin training on campus in mid-June. Illinois announced Friday it expects athletes to begin returning to campus June. 3.

UW officials have not announced when they expect athletes to be able to return to campus. UW athletic director Barry Alvarez said this week on his monthly radio show that a six-week window would be sufficient for the staff to prepare the players for the opener.